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Forest Hill School

Forest Hill School is a secondary school (Community school), ages 11–18, in London, SE23, run by Lewisham council. It has 1,080 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (13 December 2023): Good. It is listed as non-selective.

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Admissions

Published admissions history
Entry yearLast distance offeredPlaces (PAN)ApplicationsOffers
2026
1.07 mi
180
528
Not published
2025
1.93 mi
180
463
Not published
2024
All offered
180
402
Not published
2023
All offered
180
422
Not published

In 2026 the last place offered on distance went to a child living 1.07 miles away.

Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.

"We measured all distances in metres using a straight line from a point in the applicant's home to a point in the school premises using the ordinance survey [sic; Ordnance Survey]." (published footnote, both secondary and primary pages). The 2021 primary edition additionally describes this school-end point as "a nodal point within the school premises" -- i.e. a fixed reference point inside the school grounds used for GIS measurement, not a nodal point away from the school of the kind some other councils use for certain faith schools.

Ofsted

Good — inspected 13 December 2023.

AreaJudgement
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective
Yes
Sixth form
Good

Read the Ofsted inspection report

Term dates

This school’s term and holiday dates, INSET days where known, and a calendar you can subscribe to, on TermMinder.

Results

MeasureResultAcademic year
Progress 8
0.3
2023/24
Attainment 8
52.3
2024/25
GCSE grade 5+ in English & maths (%)
58.7
2024/25
KS4 pupils
179
2024/25
A level average point score per entry
34.1
2024/25
A level average grade per entry
C+
2024/25
A level students
71
2024/25

Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.

Pupils

MeasurePupils / percentageData period
Pupils
1,080
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
24.9%
2025/26
English as an additional language
20.1%
2025/26
SEN support
24.35%
2024/25
Education, health and care (EHC) plan
2.52%
2024/25

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